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Especially for Journalists!
Find more about the German economy at
www.mediaservice.land-of-ideas.org
www.invest-in-germany.com
Invest in Germany
Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Strasse 2
D-10178 Berlin
Germany
Brandenburg Gate/Reichstag Berlin
Phone
Fax
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 206 570
+49 (0) 30 206 571 11
[email protected]
Economy in Germany
Facts, Figures and Contacts for Journalists
Content
Introduction
Introduction
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01 Politics in Germany
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Facts
Federal Government
Parties in Parliament
02 Economy in Germany
Facts
Key Institutions
Contacts for International
Investment
The Federal States and Their
Economic Development
Corporations
03 Companies in Germany
Facts
Dax 30-Listed Companies
04 Trade Associations in Germany
Umbrella Organizations
Industry
Trade
Banks/Insurers
Logistics
Utilities
Social Partners
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05 International Economy in Germany
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06 Economic Research Institutes in Germany
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07 Research and Technology in Germany
Bilateral Trade Associations
Facts
Key Research Institutions
Research Funding
Exchange Programs
Research Information
Social Research
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08 Business Press in Germany
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09 Business Journalism in Germany
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Imprint
Associations and Clubs
Germany counts among the three largest economies in the world,
along with the United States and Japan. For that reason alone,
business developments in the Federal Republic are likely to be of
interest to journalists on all five continents. To assist you in your
research on Germany’s economic life, we have developed this
brochure. It is designed to provide you with an overview of the
German economy. Beyond the key facts and figures, you will find
the addresses of government ministries, industry associations,
parties and businesses as well as economic research institutes,
the business press and leading scientific institutions. We have
also included a listing of bilateral trade federations in Germany.
Just in time for the 2006 Football World Cup the international media
service operated by the initiative “Germany – Land of Ideas”
(www.mediaservice.land-of-ideas.org) offers a whole array of
compelling stories from the world of German business. There,
you will discover exclusive articles and royalty-free photos, charts
and graphs as well as reports on unusual business ideas, exciting
innovations and the international managers and industrialists
who have tasted success in Germany. The service is presented to
journalists free of charge by the “Land of Ideas”-initiative together
with “Invest in Germany,” the federal government’s official investment promotion agency.
We hope that this brochure proves a valuable resource for your
work and we look forward to seeing you soon in Germany, the
land of ideas.
Gerhart Maier
Managing Director
Invest in Germany
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Facts
Official name
Founded
Government type
Government form
Constitution
Administrative divisions
Capital
Head of state
Head of government
Political parties
Federal Republic of Germany
May 23rd, 1949
Federal Republic
Parliamentary Democracy
The Basic Law of 1949
16 states or Länder
Berlin
Federal President Prof. Dr. Horst Köhler
Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel
Alliance ’90/The Greens, Christian Democratic Union (CDU),
Christian Social Union (CSU), Free Democratic Party (FDP),
Left Party (PDS/WASG), Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Elections Based on a combination of direct and proportional
representation (for parliamentary elections)
Legislative branch A bicameral parliament consisting of the Federal Assembly or
Bundestag (614 seats) and the Federal Council or Bundesrat
(69 delegates of state governments) legislates on the federal level.
State parliaments legislate on the state level.
Judicial branch Federal Constitutional Court or
Bundesverfassungsgericht (highest court)
National holiday October 3rd, Unity Day
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Reichstag Berlin
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POLITICS IN GERMANY
Federal Government
Federal President
Press
Federal President
Bundestag
The Federal President is Germany’s head
of state, charged with representing the
nation at home and abroad. While his
political powers are limited, he plays
the role of an integrative figure and moral
leader who stands above party politics.
The Bundestag, or federal assembly, is
the German parliament. Since 1999,
the body, whose members are elected
every four years, has met in the renovated
Reichstag building in Berlin, with its
distinctive glass dome designed by
Norman Forster.
Federal Chancellor
Bundesrat
The Federal Chancellor is the executive
head of government, charged with
formulating government policy. For all
intents and purposes, she is the most
powerful person in the country.
The Bundesrat, or federal council,
represents the interests of Germany’s
16 states in the federal legislative
procedure. It has its seat at the former
Prussian House of Lords in Berlin.
Ulrich Wilhelm
Federal Press and Information Office
Federal Constitutional Court
Marion Smith
As the federal government’s information
hub, the office collects information
about the activities of government
ministries. It is therefore the first port of
call for journalists seeking information
on government policies.
Germany’s highest court ensures that
actions taken by parliament, the government and the courts comply with the
requirements of the Basic Law. Half of
its judges are chosen by the Bundestag
and half by the Bundesrat. Judges on
the court serve terms of twelve years.
The court is based not in Berlin, but in
the south-western city of Karlsruhe.
Prof. Dr. Horst Köhler
Martin Kothé
Schloss Bellevue
Spreeweg 1
D-10557 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Federal Chancellor
Press
+49 (0) 30 2000 2021
+49 (0) 30 2000 1999
www.bundespraesident.de
(EN, FR, ES)
[email protected]
Dr. Angela Merkel (CDU)
Karl Schlich
Bundeskanzleramt
Willy-Brandt-Strasse 1
D-10557 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Government
spokesperson
Press
+49 (0) 1888 400 2522
+49 (0) 1888 400 2357
www.bundeskanzlerin.de
[email protected]
Dorotheenstrasse 84
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 1888 272 1660
+49 (0) 1888 272 1027 20
www.bundesregierung.de (EN, FR)
[email protected]
President
Press
Dr. Norbert Lammert (CDU)
Hans Hotter
Platz der Republik 1
D-11011 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 2273 7171
+49 (0) 30 2273 6152
www.bundestag.de (EN, FR)
[email protected]
Peter Harry Carstensen (CDU)
Dr. Michael Wisser
Leipziger Strasse 3–4
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 1888 9100 170
+49 (0) 1888 9100 198
www.bundesrat.de (EN, FR)
[email protected]
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Papier
Dietlind Weinland
Schlossbezirk 3
D-76131 Karlsruhe
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 721 9101 349
+49 (0) 721 9101 382
www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de (EN)
[email protected]
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Federal Government
Foreign Minister
Press
Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD)
Martin Jäger
Werderscher Markt 1
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Minister of
Economics and
Technology
Press
+49 (0) 30 5000 2059
+49 (0) 30 5000 3030
www.auswaertiges-amt.de
(EN, FR, ES, AR)
[email protected]
Michael Glos (CSU)
Steffen Moritz
Scharnhorststrasse 34–37
D-10115 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 2014 6121
+49 (0) 30 2014 7010
www.bmwi.bund.de (EN)
[email protected]
Foreign Office
Alliance ’90/The Greens
The Foreign Office represents German
interests abroad and manages relations with foreign governments and
international organizations. The Office
today maintains 226 embassies and
consulates worldwide, providing on-site
information about current political and
economic developments in Germany.
The Greens were founded as a party at
the federal level in 1980, with their roots
in the ecological and peace movements.
In 1993, the party merged with the “Alliance ’90,” a group of civil rights activists
in the former East Germany. The party
joined a federal government for the first
time in 1998, forming a coalition with
the SPD that ended in 2005.
Ministry of Economics and Technology
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
Under the motto “prosperity for all,”
the ministry carries the legacy of its
former head, Ludwig Erhard, the architect of Germany’s 1950s-era “economic
miracle.” Its policies are designed
to lay the groundwork for a healthy
economy.
The CDU is one of Germany’s two largest
parties. Its chair, Angela Merkel, currently
serves as Chancellor. The party has held
the reins of government before under
former chancellors Konrad Adenauer,
Ludwig Erhard, Kurt-Georg Kiesinger
and Helmut Kohl.
Did you know that … ?
… no other developed industrial economy has so comprehensively improved the ease
of doing business as Germany? That’s according to none other than the World Bank
in its report “Doing Business in 2006”.
Christian Social Union (CSU)
The smaller sister party of the CDU, the
CSU is represented only in Bavaria. On
the federal level, the CDU and the CSU
form a joint faction in the Bundestag.
The party has fielded two candidates
for chancellor, Franz Josef Strauss and
Edmund Stoiber, but both lost to SPD
incumbents.
Chair
Press
Reinhard Bütikofer, Claudia Roth
Sigrid Wolff
Platz vor dem Neuen Tor 1
D-10115 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Chair
Press
+49 (0) 30 284 420
+49 (0) 30 284 422 10
www.gruene.de (EN)
[email protected]
Dr. Angela Merkel
Matthias Barner
Konrad-Adenauer-Haus
Klingelhöferstrasse 8
D-10785 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Chair
Press
+49 (0) 30 220 70 140
+49 (0) 30 220 70 145
www.cdu.de (EN)
[email protected]
Dr. Edmund Stoiber
Bernhard Schwab
Franz-Josef-Strauss-Haus
Nymphenburger Strasse 64
D-80335 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 89 1243 226
+49 (0) 89 1243 274
www.csu.de (EN, FR, SP, IT, TR)
[email protected]
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Chair
Press
Dr. Guido Westerwelle
Robert von Rimscha
Thomas-Dehler-Haus
Reinhardtstrasse 14
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Chair
Press
+49 (0) 30 2849 58 40
+49 (0) 30 2849 58 42
www.fdp.de
[email protected]
Prof. Dr. Lothar Bisky
Alrun Nüsslein
Karl-Liebknecht-Haus
Kleine Alexanderstrasse 28
D-10178 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 240 09 543
+49 (0) 30 240 09 220
www.sozialisten.de
[email protected]
Agenda 2010
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
The liberals were for decades regarded as
the “kingmakers” of German politics for
their role as a junior coalition partner to
the two main parties. Since the emergence
of “Alliance ’90/The Greens,” however,
the FDP has run neck-and-neck with
the Greens for third place on Germany’s
political landscape.
The Left Party/Party of
Democratic Socialism (PDS)
The PDS is the successor to the former
“Socialist Unity Party,” the ruling party in
communist East Germany until the fall
of the Berlin Wall in 1989. In July, 2005,
the PDS and the western German “Election Alternative Social Justice” (WASG)
agreed to form an alliance for the 2005
Bundestag elections. Since then, the two
parties have collectively been known as
the “Left Party.”
“Agenda 2010” refers to a series of social and labor market reforms planned and
executed by the center-left government of Social Democratic Chancellor Gerhard
Schröder and his Greens coalition partners until its ouster in late 2005. The measures
were to a large extent supported and shaped by the then-opposition conservative
CDU/CSU.
Aufbau Ost
“Aufbau Ost” — literally “rebuilding of the East” — refers to efforts aimed at equalizing
living standards in once communist eastern Germany and the more prosperous west.
Hartz I-IV
Refers to the policy changes enacted on the recommendation of the so-called “Hartz
Commission”, a blue ribbon panel that presented its findings on reforms to Germany‘s
labor market in August, 2002.
Ich-AG
The “Ich AG,” or “Me Inc.,” program provides small subsidies to unemployed people
who want to start their own businesses. First proposed in August, 2002, as part of
the Hartz II plan to ease joblessness, the program aims to ease the transition from
unemployment to self-employment while also encouraging people to leave the underground economy.
Land of Ideas
Chair
Press
Kurt Beck
Lars Kühn
Willy-Brandt-Haus
Wilhelmstrasse 141
D-10963 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 25991 300
+49 (0) 30 25991 507
www.spd.de
[email protected]
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
With roots reaching far back into the
19th century, the SPD is the German
party with the richest tradition. Since
the foundation of the Federal Republic
in 1949, the second of Germany’s two
main parties has held the reins of government under former chancellors Willy
Brandt, Helmut Schmidt und Gerhard
Schröder.
“Land of Ideas” is a joint initiative of the German government and German commerce
and industry, as represented by the Federation of German Industries (BDI), under the
patronage of Germany’s president, Horst Köhler. Its aim is to promote a positive image of Germany at home and abroad.
Social Market Economy
Germans often describe their economic system as a “social market economy.” Under
such a system, the government provides an array of social services to its citizens and
subsidies to selected sectors while also promoting competition and free enterprise.
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Facts
Currency
Gross national
income 2005
Gross domestic product
(GDP) 2005
GDP growth 2005
GDP per capita 2005
German share of EU GDP
1 Euro = 100 Cents
2,249bn Eur
Share of total EU GDP (2005)
2,244bn Eur
Remaining European Union
+0.9%
26,800 Eur
20.8%
Germany 20.8%
Source: Eurostat
Population 2006
Population density 2006
Labor force 2006 (Feb.)
Labor participation
rate 2006 (Feb.)
Labor force by
occupation 2005
Unemployment
2006 (April)
82.5 Million
231 inhabitants per km2
42.22 Million
67.3%
Share of total EU population (2005)
Remaining European Union
agriculture: 2.2%
industry: 25.9%
services: 71.9%
11.5%
Germany 18%
Source: Eurostat
Inflation rate 2006 (March)
Gold reserves 2006 (Feb.)
Exports 2005
Major export
partners 2005
Imports 2005
Major import
partners 2005
1.8%
3,427.8 tons
786.2bn Eur
France 10.2%, United States 8.8%,
United Kingdom 7.9%, Italy 6.9%,
Netherlands 6.1%, Belgium 5.6%,
Austria 5.4%, Spain 5.1%
625.6bn Eur
France 8.7%, Netherlands 8.5%,
United States 6.6%, China 6.4%,
United Kingdom 6.3%, Italy 5.7%,
Belgium 5.0%, Austria 4.0%
Leading exporters and importers (2005)
Total world trade
729,4
USA
Germany
786,2
625,6
China
614,5
532,3
Japan
479,6
415,5
France
354,9
388,8
UK
307,8
404,1
Canada
289,9
252,7
Italy
284,4
295,7
Belgium
268,3
275,3
1347,5
Exportes
Importes
Source: Eurostat
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Skyline Frankfurt/Main
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Key Institutions
Facts
Countries with the highest volume of patent registrations
in Europe (2004) Per cent of total
USA
26
Germany
19
Japan
17
France
7
6
Netherlands
UK
4
Switzerland
4
Italy
Patent registrations 2005 48,367 (German Patent Office Munich)
Top 10 German patent 1. Automotive
segments (2004) 2. Mechanical parts
3. Measurement devices
4. Electronic components
5. Medical and veterinary products
6. Radio technology
7. Combustion engines
8. Packaging and logistics
9. Data analysis
10. Electrical supply
3
Others
Federal Statistics Office
B2C and B2C Bn. Eur (2005)
Germany
Spain
Source: BITKOM
289
32
Internet country code .de
IT revenues 2005 B2B 289 bn Euro
B2C 32 bn Euro
159
UK
Italy
The Bundesbank is Germany’s central bank, chartered in 1957 with the
mission of ensuring the stability of
the deutschmark currency. With the
launch of the euro common currency
in 1999, the “BuBa” transferred its sovereignty in monetary policy questions
to the European Central Bank (ECB).
Today, it implements the ECB’s decisions at the national level.
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Axel A. Weber
Dr. Christian Burckhardt
Wilhelm-Epstein-Strasse 14
D-60431 Frankfurt/Main
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 69 9566 3511
+49 (0) 69 9566 3077
www.bundesbank.de (EN)
[email protected]
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Source: European Patent Office (EPO)
France
German Bundesbank
29
No one knows Germany better than
the Federal Statistics Office. From birth
rates to growth rates, the Wiesbadenbased office is an online port of call
for the latest figures on just about
anything.
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President
Press
Johann Hahlen
Angela Schaff
Statistisches Bundesamt
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
D-65189 Wiesbaden
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 611 7520 89
+49 (0) 611 7539 76
www.destatis.de (EN)
[email protected]
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Contacts for International Investment
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B2B
B2C
Road network (2005)
Autobahns
Federal highways
Ordinary roads
District roads
Railway network (2003)
Inland navigation (2005)
Major inland ports
Major seaports
Air traffic
Largest airport
231,467 km
12,174 km
40,969 km
86,736 km
91,588 km
43,800 km
7,476 km of waterway
Duisburg, Magdeburg
Hamburg, Bremen, Rostock,
Lübeck, Wilhelmshaven
17 international airports
Frankfurt/Main
The German Chambers of Commerce Abroad (AHK)
The AHK operates around 120 offices
in more than 80 countries around the
world. They provide information about
Germany’s advantages as a business
location and advise German firms
on market conditions in their host
countries.
President
Press
Ludwig Georg Braun
Dr. Michael Blank
c/o German Chambers of Industry
and Trade (DIHK)
Breite Strasse 29
D-10178 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 20308 2410
+49 (0) 30 20308 2444
www.ahk.de (EN)
[email protected]
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Contacts for International Investment
Managing director
Press
Gerhart Maier
Eva Henkel
D-10178 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 20657 173
+49 (0) 30 20657 111
www.invest-in-germany.de (EN, FR,
ES, JA, CN, PO, PL, TR, AR etc.)
[email protected]
Dr. Horst Dietz
Sven Zetzsche
Friedrichstrasse 60
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 200 099 900
+49 (0) 30 200 099 911
www.iic.de (EN, FR, IT, ES, JA)
[email protected]
Invest in Germany
Bavaria
Invest in Germany is the federal government’s official investment promotion
agency. Headquartered in Berlin with
offices in New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo and Sao
Paulo, Invest in Germany promotes
the country’s advantages as a business
location and provides cost-free support
to companies wishing to establish a
corporate presence in Germany.
Dominated by agriculture just a few
decades ago, Bavaria has grown into one
of Europe’s most dynamic economic
regions. At once conscious of tradition
and open to innovation, Bavarians credit
a combination of laptops and lederhosen
for their region’s success. For example,
Munich, home of the Oktoberfest, is
also one of the world’s leading centers
for information technology and biotechnology.
Industrial Investment Council (IIC)
Berlin
The IIC is an independent investment
development agency supporting international firms in establishing and
growing their businesses in eastern
Germany. Since its inception, the IIC
has helped 106 international companies
establish a presence in the region.
Germany’s vibrant metropolis boasts a
rich network of research and scientific
resources. Three renowned universities,
14 technical colleges and over 250 public
and private research institutes call the
city on the river Spree home.
Invest in Bavaria. Bavarian Ministry of Economic
Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology
Head
Press
Dr. Markus Wittmann
Stefan Schell
Prinzregentenstrasse 28
D-80538 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 89 2162 2642
+49 (0) 89 2162 2803
www.invest-in-bavaria.de (EN, FR, JA)
[email protected]
Berlin Partner
Managing director
Press
Roland Engels
Christina Hufeland
Ludwig-Erhard-Haus
Fasanenstrasse 85
D-10623 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 39980 0
+49 (0) 30 39980 239
www.wfbi.de (EN, FR, JA)
[email protected]
The Federal States and Their Economic Development Corporations
Baden-Württemberg Agency for International
Economic and Scientific Cooperation
Managing directors
Press
Dr. Michael Hagenmeyer,
Dr. Herbert Neuland
Herbert Bossinger
Willi-Bleicher-Strasse 19
D-70174 Stuttgart
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 711 22787 0
+49 (0) 711 22787 22
www.bw-i.de (EN)
[email protected]
Baden-Württemberg
Brandenburg
The state familiarly called “BaWü” is
recognized as one of the most successful
business locations in Germany. While
just 0.17% of the world’s population
lives in the state, its share of world trade
stands at 1.9%. At last count, the value
of goods and services exported by BadenWürttemberg to every corner of the world
stood at 114bn Eur.
Brandenburg is home to the economic
“fat belt” that has formed around the
German capital Berlin. In 2006, the
state is due to kick off construction on
Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport, the largest infrastructure project
in eastern Germany.
Future Agency Brandenburg
Managing director
Press
Dr. Detlef Stronk
Dr. Klaus-Peter Heinrich
Steinstrasse 104–106
D-14480 Potsdam
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 331 660 3103
+49 (0) 331 660 3222
www.zab-brandenburg.de
(EN, FR, PL, IT, ES, JA)
[email protected]
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Managing director
Press
Bremen Investment Society
Bremen
Lower Saxony
Ulrich Keller
Juliane Lübker
Germany’s tenth-largest city is one of
Europe’s leading hubs for manned space
flight. As such, Bremen has successfully
managed to combine its status as a port
city and a high-tech center.
A popular meeting place and one of
the world’s leading trade show centers,
Lower Saxony’s state capital Hanover
hosts the CeBIT technology trade fair
and the Hanover Messe industry trade
fair. In 2000, the city hosted the EXPO
2000 world exhibition.
Hamburg Business Development
Corporation
Hamburg
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Dr. Dietmar Düdden
Birgit Riege
As Germany’s “gateway to the world,” the
port city of Hamburg is one of Europe’s
leading centers for civil aviation, along
with Toulouse in France. The Airbus 380,
for example, is assembled there.
There is hardly a state in Germany that
has undergone as comprehensive a
makeover since 1989 as “Mc-Pom”.
That process has recently included that
installation of the world’s most modern
telecommunications infrastructure. But
the state has much more to offer than
just fiber optics. With eight Baltic Sea
ports, it is a hub between Scandinavia
and Continental Europe.
Hesse Agency
Hesse
North Rhine-Westphalia
Dr. Dieter Kreuziger,
Martin Herkströter
Sascha Schäfer
With an annual output of over 195bn Eur,
Hesse’s economy is about as large as
Denmark’s – and even larger than
Greece’s, Finland’s, Ireland’s and
Portugal’s. As the home of Frankfurt,
the state boasts a key financial center
and one of the world’s largest airports.
With a high-speed rail network, international airports at Düsseldorf and
Cologne and Europe’s largest inland
harbor at Duisburg, Germany’s most
populous state is one of the country’s
best connected regions. That is one
reason why North Rhine-Westphalia
attracts one-third of all foreign investment to Germany.
Kontorhaus am Markt
Langenstrasse 2–4
D-28195 Bremen
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Managing director
Press
+49 (0) 421 9600 128
+49 (0) 421 9600 810
www.big-bremen.de (EN, JA)
[email protected]
Hamburger Strasse 11
D-22083 Hamburg
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Managing director
Press
+49 (0) 40 2270 1936
+49 (0) 40 2270 1929
www.hwf-hamburg.de (EN, JA, CH, RU)
[email protected]
Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 38–42
D-65189 Wiesbaden
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 611 774 8655
+49 (0) 611 774 8385
www.invest-in-hessen.de
(EN, FR, IT, ES, JA, CN)
[email protected]
Lower Saxony Investment Promotion Agency
Managing director
Press
Thomas Kroemer
Wolfgang Harm
Schiffgraben 30
D-30175 Hanover
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 511 3434 66
+49 (0) 511 3615 909
www.ipa-niedersachsen.de (EN)
[email protected]
Economic Development Cooperation
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Managing director
Jürgen Michael Gahrau
Schlossgartenallee 15
D-19061 Schwerin
Phone
Fax
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+49 (0) 385 59225 0
+49 (0) 385 59225 22
www.gfw-mv.de (EN)
[email protected]
Economic Development Corporation
North Rhine-Westphalia
Managing director
Press
Peter Glaessel
Annette Peis
Kavalleriestrasse 8–10
D-40213 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
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E-Mail
+49 (0) 211 130 00 162
+49 (0) 211 130 00 179
www.gfw-nrw.de (EN)
[email protected]
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Managing director
Press
Investment and Economic Development
Bank of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saxony-Anhalt
Economic Development Company of
Saxony-Anhalt
Hans-Joachim Metternich
Dr. Hans-Peter Tietze
Rhineland-Palatinate exports more of
its goods, 46%, than any other German
state, with its industry earning nearly
every other euro selling to customers
abroad. In recent years, the state has
expanded its role as an air traffic hub
amid the dramatic growth of the lowcost Frankfurt-Hahn airport.
Saxony-Anhalt attracts by far the largest Managing director
Press
volume of foreign direct investment of
any eastern German state. One destination is the tradition-rich Bitterfeld-Wolfen
chemical park, home to the facility where
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Fax
Bayer has produced aspirin tablets since
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Marcus Tolle
Arvid Friebe
Saarland Economic Promotion Corporation
Saarland
Schleswig-Holstein
Business Development and Technology
Transfer Corporation of Schleswig-Holstein
Thomas Schuck
Peter Hauptmann
Small but quick – that’s how Saarland
sees itself as a place to do business. With
its small size and lean management, the
state delivers quick decisions to investors. The cost of labor in Saarland is
also small, averaging 7.5% less than
elsewhere in western Germany.
The “state between the seas” is seen as
a bridge to the neighboring Baltic states
and a hub for trade with countries in
Scandinavia as well as Eastern and
Western Europe. That’s one reason
why the state is seeking to position
itself as a model region for maritime
science and technology in Europe.
Saxony Economic Development Corporation
Saxony
Thuringia
Markus M. Lötzsch
Burkhard Zscheischler
Rich in tradition but looking confidently
toward the future, Saxony is home to
Europe’s most modern chip factories.
In the area around Dresden, a cluster
of over 750 semiconductor producers
and their suppliers has set up shop.
Located right at the heart of Germany,
Thuringia is an ideal springboard to
far-flung markets, with outbound trucks
reaching even the most distant German
city in less than eight hours.
Some 150 million consumers live within
a 500km radius of the state.
Holzhofstrasse 4
D-55116 Mainz
Phone
Fax
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E-Mail
Managing director
Press
+49 (0) 6131 985 100
+49 (0) 6131 985 199
www.isb.rlp.de (EN)
[email protected]
Franz-Josef-Röder-Strasse 17
D-66119 Saarbrücken
Phone
Fax
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E-Mail
Managing director
Press
+49 (0) 681 9965 202
+49 (0) 681 9965 444
www.gwsaar.com (EN, JA)
[email protected]
Bertolt-Brecht-Allee 22
D-01309 Dresden
Phone
Fax
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E-Mail
+49 (0) 351 2138 255
+49 (0) 351 2138 109
www.wfs.sachsen.de
(EN, FR, ES, PL, CZ)
[email protected]
E-Mail
Managing director
Press
Kantstrasse 4
D-39104 Magdeburg
+49 (0) 391 568 9935
+49 (0) 391 568 9950
www.wisa.de (EN, FR, IT, ES, PL)
[email protected]
Dr. Bernd Bösche
Kerstin Merx
Lorentzendamm 24
D-24103 Kiel
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 431 666 66 0
+49 (0) 431 666 66 767
www.wtsh.de (EN, CN)
[email protected]
State Development Corporation Thuringia
Managing director
Press
Andreas Krey
Dr. Holger Wiemers
Mainzerhofstrasse 12
D-99084 Erfurt
Phone
Fax
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E-Mail
+49 (0) 361 5603 486
+49 (0) 361 5603 329
www.leg-thueringen.de (EN, JA)
[email protected]
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Facts
Total 2005 (excluding agriculture)
Companies with up to nine employees (2005)
Companies with up to 49 employees (2005)
3,172,771
2,881,948
231,297
48,866
10,660
Made in Germany
The “Made in Germany” trademark was introduced in England in 1887 with the
intention of protecting British business by discriminating against German goods. What
started as a punitive label soon became exactly the opposite, though — a sign of superior quality that consumers the world over recognize to this day.
… four of the world’s ten most innovative companies are German?
… one-quarter of the world’s laser systems are built in Germany?
… Germany leads the world in trade in research-intensive goods, along with the United
States?
Mittelstand
“Mittelstand” refers the small- and mid-sized business regarded as the backbone of the
German economy. Often family-owned, Mittelstand firms employ no more than 499
people and generate annual revenues no greater than 50 million Euro.
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DAX 30-Listed Companies
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
6.6bn Eur
15,935
Herbert Hainer
Kathrin Hönig
Adi-Dassler-Strasse 1
D-91074 Herzogenaurach
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 9132 84 5276
+49 (0) 9132 84 2138
www.adidas-group.com (EN)
[email protected]
100.9bn Eur
177,625
Michael Diekmann
Emilio Galli-Zugaro
Königinstrasse 28
D-80802 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 89 3800 3345
+49 (0) 89 3800 2114
www.allianz.com (EN)
[email protected]
3.3bn Eur
13,300
Nikolaus Schweickart
Stefan Schmidt
Herbert-Quandt-Haus
Am Pilgerrain 15
D-61352 Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 6172 1712 160
+49 (0) 6172 1712 158
www.altana.com (EN)
[email protected]
Adidas-Salomon AG
BASF AG
The world’s second-largest sporting
goods manufacturer is named after its
founder Adolf Dassler – “Adi” from
Adolf and “Das” from Dassler. It was
Dassler who gave the German team
that won the 1954 Football World Cup
a competitive advantage with the firstever boots to feature removable studs.
One of the world’s leading chemical
companies is BASF, short for “Badische
Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik.” It is a company
of superlatives, with the world’s largest
single integrated chemical complex
housed at its Ludwigshafen headquarters.
Allianz AG
Bayer AG
Allianz is one of the world’s leading
insurers and financial services providers.
Founded in 1890, the company withstood several early tests, including the
catastrophic San Francisco earthquake
of 1906 and the sinking of Titanic in
1912, paying out high claims in both
cases.
Bayer is a global pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and life sciences group. The company,
famous for inventing aspirin more than
100 years ago, retains a strong commitment
to its tradition as an inventor company,
investing nearly 1.9bn Eur in research
and development in 2005 alone. The
company was further strengthened in
2006 through its takeover of rival Schering.
Altana AG
BMW AG
Altana is one of the most profitable
pharmaceuticals and chemicals companies in Europe. A little more than half
of the company’s shares are held by
Germany’s richest woman, Susanne
Klatten, whose father, Herbert Quandt,
founded the company in 1977.
Worldwide, BMW delivered 1,327,992
BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brand cars
in 2005. The Munich-based group is
the only manufacturer of automobiles
and motorcycles worldwide that concentrates entirely on the luxury segment.
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
42.7bn Eur
80,945
Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht
Christian Schubert
Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38
D-67056 Ludwigshafen
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 621 60 99223
+49 (0) 621 60 20129
www.basf.com (EN)
[email protected]
27.4bn Eur
93,700
Werner Wenning
Günter Forneck
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee
D-51368 Leverkusen
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 214 30 50446
+49 (0) 214 30 55156
www.bayer.com (EN)
[email protected]
46.7bn Eur
105,798
Dr. Helmut Panke
Martina Hatzel
Petuelring 130
D-80809 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 89 382 24544
+49 (0) 89 382 24418
www.bmwgroup.com (EN)
[email protected]
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Assets 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
444.9bn Eur
33,056
Klaus-Peter Müller
Peter Pietsch
Kaiserplatz
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 69 136 22379
+49 (0) 69 136 29955
www.commerzbank.com (EN)
[email protected]
13.8bn Eur
80,000
Manfred Wennemer
Dr. Heimo Prokop
Vahrenwalder Strasse 9
D-30165 Hanover
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 511 938 1485
+49 (0) 511 938 1055
www.conti.de (EN)
[email protected]
149.8bn Eur
382,724
Dr. Dieter Zetsche
Tanja Nagel
Türlen Strasse 2
D-70191 Stuttgart
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 711 17 93486
+49 (0) 711 17 94403
www.daimlerchrysler.com (EN)
[email protected]
Commerzbank AG
Deutsche Bank AG
Commerzbank is Germany’s secondlargest commercial bank. Its spectacular
headquarters are located in Europe’s
tallest building, towering over Frankfurt’s financial district at a height of
300m.
Deutsche Bank is the largest commercial
bank in Germany. In 2005, it was chosen
as the bank of the year by banking professionals. The institution’s history is
tied closely to the broader course of
German history. Bank chiefs such as
Georg von Siemens, Hermann Josef
Abs and Alfred Herrhausen were, for
example, politically-minded and -acting
bankers.
Continental AG
Deutsche Börse AG
“Conti” is the largest manufacturer of
tires in Germany, the second-largest
in Europe and the fourth-largest worldwide. In 2005, the company produced
106.2 million car and 6.7 million truck
tires.
Deutsche Börse operates the Frankfurt
exchange, Germany’s largest stock
exchange, and Eurex, the world’s largest
derivatives market. The company also
has locations in Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain and the United States, as
well as representative offices in London,
Paris, Chicago, New York, Hong Kong
and Dubai.
DaimlerChrysler AG
Deutsche Post AG
In 1886, Karl Benz patented the world’s
first automobile powered by an internal
combustion engine. In 1998, DaimlerBenz, the company he helped to found,
merged with U.S. car maker Chrysler to
form DaimlerChrysler. The combined
group sold over 4 million passenger cars
and 800,000 commercial vehicles in
2005.
Every day, Deutsche Post moves 72 million letters items, making the company’s
men and women in yellow Europe’s
leading letter carriers. The group also
includes the successful Postbank and
DHL brands. The latter is the global
market leader in the international
express and logistics industry, with
expertise in air and ocean freight as
well as overland transport.
Assets 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
992bn Eur
63,427
Dr. Josef Ackermann
Alfredo Flores
Taunusanlage 12
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 69 910 43800
+49 (0) 69 910 33422
www.db.com. (EN)
[email protected]
1.6bn Eur
2,921
Reto Francioni
Walter Allwicher
Neue Börsenstrasse 1
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 69 211 11500
+49 (0) 69 211 12005
www.deutsche-boerse.com (EN)
[email protected]
44.6bn Eur
502,545
Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel
Prof. Dr. Manfred Harnischfeger
Charles-de-Gaulle-Strasse 20
D-53113 Bonn
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 228 182 9988
+49 (0) 228 182 9822
www.deutschepost.de (EN)
[email protected]
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Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
59.6bn Eur
244,000
Kai-Uwe Ricke
Ulrich Lissek
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140
D-53113 Bonn
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 228 181 4949
+49 (0) 228 181 71914
www.telekom.com (EN)
[email protected]
56.4bn Eur
80,000
Dr. Wulf Bernotat
Dr. Peter Blau
E.ON-Platz 1
D-40479 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 211 4579 627
+49 (0) 211 4579 629
www.eon.com (EN)
[email protected]
7.9bn Eur
91,971
Dr. Ulf M. Schneider
Joachim Weith
Else-Kröner-Strasse 1
D-61352 Bad Homburg v.d.H.
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 6172 608 2101
+49 (0) 6172 608 2294
www.fresenius.de (EN)
[email protected]
Deutsche Telekom AG
Henkel KGaA
Since its privatization in the mid-1990’s,
the formerly state-owned company has
grown into one of the world’s leading
providers of telecommunications and
information technology services. The
company long ago outgrew its German
home market and is now a truly global
player with a presence in about 50 countries on six continents.
In Germany, Henkel is best known for
promising to wash away stains with its
flagship Persil laundry detergent. But the
company has also made a name for itself
outside its home market, selling its products in 125 countries.
E.ON AG
Hypo Real Estate AG
Düsseldorf-based E.ON is the world’s
largest investor-owned energy service
provider. Its core businesses are electricity
and gas. The young company was formed
in June, 2000, by the merger of VEBA
and VIAG, two of Germany’s largest
industrial groups, each with an impressive history in its own right.
The Hypo Real Estate Group was
born in 2003 when Munich-based
HypoVereinsbank spun off its commercial real estate business. Today, the
group is one of the largest lenders to
commercial real estate customers in
Germany and across Europe.
Fresenius AG
Infineon AG
Fresenius boasts a history older than
America itself. The health care group
traces its roots back to the 1462 opening
of the Frankfurt-based Hirsch Pharmacy,
which was acquired by the Fresenius
family in the 18th century. Today, the
group’s medical care division treats
120,000 patients and is the world’s leading provider of dialysis products.
Infineon was founded in 1999, when
the semiconductor operations of its
parent company Siemens were spun
off to form a separate entity. A year later,
the company went public. Today,
Infineon supplies the chips found in
one in five of the world’s servers and
laptop computers.
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
12bn Eur
52,565
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lehner
Ernst Primosch
Henkelstrasse 67
D-40589 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Assets 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 211 797 0
+49 (0) 211 798 4008
www.henkel.com (EN)
[email protected]
152.5bn Eur
1,233
Dr. Georg Funke
Oliver Gruss
Unsöldstrasse 2
D-80538 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 89 203 007 781
+49 (0) 89 203 007 772
www.hyporealestate.com (EN)
[email protected]
6.8bn Eur
35,600
Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart
Günter Gaugler
St.-Martin-Strasse 53
D-81669 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 89 234 284 81
+49 (0) 89 234 955 4534
www.infineon.com (EN, JA, CN)
[email protected]
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Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
9.5bn Eur
42,229
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle
Dr. Harry Roegner
Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 21
D-65189 Wiesbaden
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 611 770 146
F+49 (0) 611 770 447
www.linde.com (EN)
[email protected]
18.1bn Eur
92,303
Wolfgang Mayrhuber
Klaus Walther
Lufthansa Basis
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 69 696 3659
+49 (0) 69 696 6198
www.lufthansa.com (EN)
[email protected]
14.7bn Eur
59,203
Håkan Samuelsson
Wieland Schmitz
Ungererstrasse 69
D-80805 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 89 36098 380
+49 (0) 89 36098 382
www.man.de (EN)
[email protected]
Linde AG
Metro AG
With its 2006 takeover of UK-based
BOC, Linde grew to become the world’s
leading gas and engineering firm. The
company traces its history back to its
founder Carl von Linde, who invented a
method for separating air into its components in 1902 and obtained a patent
for the world’s first modern refrigerator
several years earlier.
The Metro Group was created in 1996
through the merger of several leading
retailing companies, with roots in some
cases dating back to the 19th century.
Today, the company is the third-largest
retailer worldwide, employing staff in
31 countries.
Lufthansa AG
Munich Re AG
Last year, Lufthansa flew 51 million
passengers to destinations in every
corner of the world. Together with Air
Canada, SAS, Thai Airways and United
Airlines, Lufthansa is a founding member of the “Star Alliance,” which in
1997 emerged as the first of the nowfamiliar airline linkups.
Munich Re is one of the world’s largest
reinsurers and the second-largest
primary insurer in Germany. Among other
things, the group reinsures the risks
of oil rigs, satellites and natural disasters, serving 5,000 insurance companies in around 160 countries.
MAN AG
RWE AG
MAN, or Maschinenfabrik AugsburgNürnberg (Machinery Factory AugsburgNuremberg), is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of engineering
equipment and vehicles. Fully 75% of
its sales are made outside Germany. The
history of MAN dates back to the 1758
foundation of the “St. Anthony” ironworks, the first heavy-industry enterprise in the Ruhr area.
The Essen-based concern is Germany’s
second-largest utility. RWE was founded
in 1898 by a group that included one
of the most colorful figures in the history of German business: Hugo Stinnes.
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
55.7bn Eur
246,875
Dr. Hans-Joachim Körber
Jürgen Homeyer
Schlüterstrasse 1
D-40235 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 211 6886 2870
+49 (0) 211 6886 2000
www.metrogroup.de (EN)
[email protected]
38.2bn Eur
37,953
Dr. Nikolaus von Bomhard
Rainer Küppers
Königinstrasse 107
D-80802 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 89 3891 2504
+49 (0) 89 3891 3599
www.munichre.com (EN)
[email protected]
41.8bn Eur
85,928
Harry Roels
Bill McAndrews
Kruppstrasse 5
D-45128 Essen
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 201 12 15095
+49 (0) 201 12 15094
www.rwe.com (EN)
[email protected]
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Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
8.5bn Eur
35,873
Prof. Henning Kagermann
Dr. Herbert Heitmann
Neurottstrasse 15 a
D-69190 Walldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 6227 76 1137
+49 (0) 6227 74 6331
www.sap.com (EN)
[email protected]
5.3bn Eur
24,658
Dr. Hubertus Erlen
Dr. Christof Ehrhart
Müllerstrasse 170
D-13353 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 30 4681 92484
+49 (0) 30 4681 8195
www.schering.de(EN)
[email protected]
75.5bn Eur
460,800
Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld
Janos Gönczöl
Wittelsbacherplatz 2
D-80333 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 89 636 36740
+49 (0) 89 636 32844
www.siemens.com (EN)
[email protected]
SAP AG
Thyssen Krupp AG
SAP is the world’s largest business software company and the third-largest
independent software provider overall.
Beyond its headquarters in Walldorf,
SAP operates research and development
facilities in the United States (Palo Alto),
Japan (Tokyo), India (Bangalore) and
France (Sophia Antipolis) as well as in
the German cities of Berlin, Karlsruhe
and Saarbrücken.
In 1999, two historical giants of the
German steel industry, Krupp and
Thyssen, merged to form a joint company. Today, the combined company is
one of the world’s biggest technology
groups, with core businesses in steel,
capital goods and services.
Schering AG
TUI AG
Could Ernst Schering have even dreamed
that the modest drugstore he founded
in 1851 would grow to become one of
the world’s leading pharmaceutical
concerns? Today, the Berlin-based firm
that rose to international fame by introducing the birth control pill in 1961 has
operations in 150 countries. In 2006, the
company was acquired by Bayer AG and
will in the future be known as BayerSchering-Pharma AG.
Josef Schumpeter would have had the
time of his life with TUI. In a process
of “creative destruction,” the company,
which has become the world’s leading
tourism firm in less than a decade, was
carved out of the far-flung industrial
concern Preussag.
Siemens AG
Volkswagen AG
Siemens is one of the world’s largest
electrical engineering and electronics
companies. Founded as small workshop in Berlin in 1847, Siemens today
provides innovative technologies to
customers in 190 countries.
Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen is Europe’s
largest car maker – and the producer of the
legendary Beetle, an icon of Germany’s
postwar “economic miracle.” In 2005,
VW delivered some 5.2 million vehicles,
representing a 9.1% share of the world
passenger car market.
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
42.1bn Eur
184,000
Dr. Ekkehard D. Schulz
Dr. Jürgen Claassen
August-Thyssen-Strasse 1
D-40211 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 211 824 360 01
+49 (0) 211 824 360 05
www.thyssenkrupp.com (EN)
[email protected]
19.6bn Eur
62,947
Dr. Michael Frenzel
Uwe Kattwinkel
Karl-Wiechert-Allee 4
D-30625 Hanover
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Turnover 2005
Employees 2005
CEO
Press
+49 (0) 511 566 1417
+49 (0) 511 566 1166
www.tui-group.com (EN)
[email protected]
95.3bn Eur
344,902
Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder
Dirk Grosse-Leege
D-38436 Wolfsburg
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 800 8655 792 436
+49 (0) 1802 8655 792 436
www.vw.com (EN)
[email protected]
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TRADE ASSOCIATIONS IN GERMANY
The BDI is an association of associations,
representing 36 industrial sector
federations. One of the most influential
lobbies for German business, BDI
speaks for more than 100,000 companies employing around 8 million
people.
German Chambers of Industry and
Trade (DIHK)
The DIHK is an umbrella organization
representing Germany’s 81 chambers
of commerce and trade. The influential
group has over three million member
companies – who are required by law
to join one of its member chambers. The
DIHK represents the nation’s business
community as a whole rather than speaking for any particular sector.
German Association for Small and
Medium-Sized Business (BVMW)
The BVMW represents the interests of
the small- and mid-sized Mittelstand
firms that are the backbone of the
German economy, comprising over
99% of the companies in the Federal
Republic.
President
Press
Jürgen R. Thumann
Albrecht von der Hagen
Breite Strasse 29
D-10178 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 2028 1450
+49 (0) 30 2028 2450
www.bdi-online.de (EN)
[email protected]
Ludwig Georg Braun
Dr. Achim Dercks
Breite Strasse 29
D-10178 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 20308 1600
+49 (0) 30 20308 1666
www.dihk.de
[email protected]
Mario Ohoven
Eberhard Vogt
Mosse-Palais
Leipziger Platz 15
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 533 20620
+49 (0) 30 533 20650
www.bvmwonline.de (EN)
[email protected]
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Federation of German Industries (BDI)
Airbus Fleet
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President
Press
Regina Seidel
Heike Vetter
Breite Strasse 29
D-10178 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 20308 4540
+49 (0) 30 20308 7545 40
www.vdu.de (EN)
[email protected]
Otto Kentzler
Alexander Legowski
Mohrenstrasse 20/21
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 2061 9370
+49 (0) 30 2061 9460
www.zdh.de (EN)
[email protected]
German Businesswomen’s Association (VDU)
The VDU is the only economic association in Germany dedicated especially
to serving the interests of the country’s
female entrepreneurs. Since its inception
in 1954, the association’s membership
has grown from 31 to around 1,500
companies.
German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)
One particularity of the Germany
economy is the skilled trades sector, a
traditional heart of economic life in
the country. Its umbrella organization,
the ZDH, represents around 920,000
skilled trade businesses that together
employ 4.8 million workers.
German Association of the Automotive
Industry (VDA)
Worldwide, exactly 13,454,194 vehicles
rolled off German auto makers’ assembly
lines in 2005. In Germany itself, one in
every seven jobs depends on the automotive industry. The VDA represents
the interests of this key sector.
German Association for Information Technology,
Telecommunications and New Media (Bitkom)
Bitkom represents 750 information
technology and telecommunications
companies that together generate
annual revenues of 120bn Eur.
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Bernd Gottschalk
Eckehart Rotter
Breite Strasse 29
D-10178 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 69 97507 264
+49 (0) 69 97507 261
www.vda.de (EN)
[email protected]
Willi Berchtold
Maurice Shahd
Albrechtstrasse 10
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 2757 6114
+49 (0) 30 2757 6400
www.bitkom.org (EN)
[email protected]
Industry
President
Press
Dr. Thomas Enders
Jens Krüger
Friedrichstrasse 60
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 2061 4014
+49 (0) 30 2061 4016
www.bdli.de (EN)
[email protected]
German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI)
German Construction Industry Federation (HDB)
The BDLI represents a high-tech industry
that generates combined annual revenues
of 16bn Eur and provides some 70,000
highly-skilled jobs.
The construction industry is the largest
single sector of the German economy,
employing some 2.3 million people in
70,000 companies. The HDB represents
and promotes their interests towards
policy makers and the public.
President
Press
Dr. Hans-Peter Keitel
Dr. Heiko Stiepelmann
Kurfürstenstrasse 129
D-10785 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 212 860
+49 (0) 30 212 86240
www.bauindustrie.de
[email protected]
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Industry
President
Press
Werner Wenning
Volker Kalisch
Karlstrasse 21
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 69 2556 1496
+49 (0) 69 2556 1613
www.vci.de (EN)
[email protected]
Prof. Dr. Edward G. Krubasik
Christian Mannigel
Stresemannallee 19
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 69 6302 285
+49 (0) 69 6302 317
www.zvei.de (EN)
[email protected]
President
Press
Dr. Dieter Brucklacher
Marlies Schäfer
Lyoner Strasse 18
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 69 6603 1411
+49 (0) 69 6603 2411
www.vdma.org (EN, JA)
[email protected]
German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)
The VCI represents the interests of over
1,600 firms in Europe’s largest chemicalproducing nation, representing 25% of
the continent’s total chemical market.
The industry, which produces annual
revenues of 140bn Eur, counts as the
third-largest worldwide.
German Industry Association for Optical, Medical
and Mechatronical Technologies (Spectaris)
Spectaris represents the interests of
several rapidly developing high-tech
industries, including consumer optics,
photonics, precision technology and
medical technology.
German Electrical and Electronic
Manufacturers’ Association (ZVEI)
German Shipbuilding and Ocean
Industries Association (VSM)
Germany’s electrical and electronics
firms manufacture more than 100,000
different products and systems and
employ over 810,000 people. The
industry’s interests are represented by
the ZVEI, which has a membership of
around 1,400 companies.
The VSM represents the political and
commercial interests of the German
maritime industry and its suppliers.
It has some 110 members, including
the large shipyards on Germany’s North
and Baltic Sea coasts.
German Engineering Federation (VDMA)
German Steel Federation (WV Stahl)
With its 3,000-strong membership in
the engineering industry, the VDMA is
one of the largest and most important
industrial associations in Europe. The
group represents a key German branch
that generates annual revenues of
roughly 143bn Eur and employs 865,000
people.
Steelworkers in the Rhine and Ruhr
regions are today more productive than
ever. Along with their colleagues elsewhere, they make Germany the largest
producer of raw steel in Europe. The
interests of their tradition-rich sector
have been represented for over 125 years
by the German Steel Federation.
Chair
Press
Dr. Michael Kaschke
Markus Saga
Saarbrücker Strasse 38
D-10405 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 4140 2114
+49 (0) 30 4140 2133
www.spectaris.de (EN)
[email protected]
Bernhard Meyer
Dr. Alexander Geisler
Steinhöft 11
D-20459 Hamburg
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 40 2801 520
+49 (0) 40 2801 5230
www.vsm.de (EN)
[email protected]
Prof. Dr. Dieter Ameling
Beate Brüninghaus
Sohnstrasse 65
D-40237 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 211 6707 115
+49 (0) 211 6707 676
www.stahl-online.de (EN)
[email protected]
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Trade
President
Press
Hermann Franzen
Hubertus Pellengahr
Am Weidendamm 1 A
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 7262 5060
+49 (0) 30 7262 5069
www.einzelhandel.de
[email protected]
Anton F. Börner
André Schwarz
Am Weidendamm 1 A
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 5900 99521
+49 (0) 30 5900 99529
www.bga.de (EN)
[email protected]
Association of German Retailers (HDE)
German Savings Bank Association (DSGV)
For over 80 years, the HDE has been the
voice of Germany’s retailing industry.
Its membership includes 430,000
companies that together employ 2.8
million people and generate annual
revenues of over 500bn Eur.
The DSGV is an umbrella organization
representing Germany’s Sparkassen
public-sector savings banks. Its membership includes 463 savings banks, 11 state
banks, 11 regional building societies
and 12 public insurance companies.
Federation of German Wholesale
and Foreign Trade (BGA)
German Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken
Association (BVR)
Foreign trade is the linchpin of the German economy. The influential BGA
speaks for 120,000 companies and 1.3
million employees working the export
sector, which generates annual sales
of over 650bn Eur.
Seen as the third pillar of Germany’s
banking system, Volksbanken mutual
banks and Raiffeisenbanken cooperative banks were established in the 19th
century to serve small businesses and
farms. The BVR speaks for the sector.
Association of German Banks (BDB)
German Insurance Association (GDV)
The BDB represents the interests of
Germany’s private commercial banks
(large banks, private banks and international banks). The association’s
230-strong membership accounts for
around 40% of the German banking
market by business volume.
The GDV is an umbrella association representing Germany’s insurance industry.
Founded in Cologne in 1848, the GDV’s
membership includes around 450
companies in an industry sector that
generated direct premiums of 154.4bn
Eur in 2005.
President
Press
Heinrich Haasis
Christian Achilles
Charlottenstrasse 47
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 2022 55100
+49 (0) 30 2022 55106
www.dsgv.de (EN)
[email protected]
Dr. Christopher Pleister
Kirstin Bradtmöller
Schellingstrasse 4
D-10785 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 2021 1310
+49 (0) 30 2021 1905
www.bvr.de (EN)
[email protected]
President
Press
Dr. Bernhard Schareck
Peter Schwark
Banks/Insurers
President
Press
Klaus-Peter Müller
Heiner Herkenhoff
Burgstrasse 28
D-10178 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 1663 1201
+49 (0) 30 1663 1298
www.bankenverband.de (EN)
[email protected]
Friedrichstrasse 191
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 2020 5118
+49 (0) 30 2020 6000
Iwww.gdv.de (EN)
[email protected]
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Logistics
Social Partners
President
Press
Wilhelm Bonse-Geuking
Jochen H. Eichen
Klingelhöferstrasse 7
D-10785 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 2639 540
+49 (0) 30 2639 5422
www.verkehrsforum.de (EN)
[email protected]
German Transport Forum
Germany’s transportation infrastructure
is widely regarded as the best in the
world, and the German Transport
Forum wants to ensure that it stays that
way. With around 160 member companies in a variety of industries, the
forum sees itself as a platform for
informed debate on key transport issues.
Utilities
President
Press
Dr. Werner Brinker
Frank Brachvogel
Robert-Koch-Platz 4
D-10115 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 7261 47330
+49 (0) 30 7261 47339
www.strom.de (EN)
[email protected]
Michael G. Feist
Marian Rappl
Reinhardtstrasse 14
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 2804 1525
+49 (0) 30 2804 1425
www.bgw.de
[email protected]
Confederation of German Employers‘
Associations (BDA)
The main task of the BDA is to represent the business community on issues
concerning social policy and collective
wage bargaining agreements. While
it doesn’t sign off on collective wage
agreements itself, it represents the
views of its members towards policy
makers and the public.
German Electricity Association (VDEW)
German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB)
The VDEW is the trade association representing the electricity supply industry
in Germany. Its 740-strong membership accounts for 90% of the German
power market.
As Germany’s main umbrella organization for trade unions, the DGB sees
itself as the voice of the country’s
workers. Its eight member unions
represent the interests of around 7 million
members.
German Gas and Water Management
Association (BGW)
With over 1,300 member companies, the
BGW is the largest association representing Germany’s gas, water and
sewage providers. It has offices in
Brussels and Berlin.
President
Press
Dr. Dieter Hundt
Dr. Uwe Mazura
Breite Strasse 29
D-10178 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 203318 0003
+49 (0) 30 203318 05
www.bda-online.de (EN)
[email protected]
Michael Sommer
Hilmar Höhn
Henriette-Herz-Platz 2
D-10178 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 24060 212
+49 (0) 30 24060 324
www.dgb.de (EN, FR, ES)
[email protected]
Wirtschaftswunder
“Economic miracle” (Wirtschaftswunder) refers to the rapid expansion of the German
economy following the end of World War II. The period was characterized by soaring growth rates, full employment and widespread material prosperity. One icon of
the period is Volkswagen’s “Beetle” model car.
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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY IN GERMANY
For over 100 years, AmCham has served
as the voice of the American economy
in Germany. With over 3,000 members, it is the largest American chamber of commerce in Europe.
British Chamber of Commerce in Germany
President
Press
Rossmarkt 12
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
Germany is the most important European export market for British business,
and around 1,000 British companies have
set up shop in the Federal Republic.
Their first port of call for advice on
British-German business and trade is
the BCCG, which has been headquartered in Berlin since 2006.
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the
Russian Federation/German Office
President
Press
The volume of trade between Germany
and Russia soared by an astounding
28% in 2005. While German exports
grew by 16%, Russian imports to Germany exploded, surging 40% over the
previous year. In light of those figures,
the Russian chamber of com-merce will
surely have its hands full over the coming years.
Fred B. Irwin
Patricia Limburg
+49 (0) 69 929 10441
+49 (0) 69 929 10411
www.amcham.de (EN)
[email protected]
Norbert Strohschen
Andreas Meyer-Schwickerath
Französische Strasse 48
D-10117 Berlin
+49 (0) 30 2067 080
+49 (0) 30 2067 0829
www.bccg.de (EN)
[email protected]
Dr. Jewgenij M. Primakow
Dr. Sergey M. Nikitin
Leipziger Strasse 63
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 204 4202
+49 (0) 30 204 50201
www.russia.de (RU)
[email protected]
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American Chamber of Commerce
in Germany (AmCham)
IKEA Dortmund
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President
Press
Gilles Untereiner
Cathrin Leininger
Lebacher Strasse 4
D-66113 Saarbrücken
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 681 9963 0
+49 (0) 681 9963 111
www.ccfa-saa.de (FR)
[email protected]
Prof. Dr. Bruno O. Braun
Marc Herbrand
AHK debelux Cologne
Cäcilienstrasse 46
D-50667 Cologne
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 221 257 5477
+49 (0) 221 257 5466
www.debelux.org (FR, NL)
[email protected]
Hans Henning von Berg
Tim Glaser
Unter Sachsenhausen 10–26
D-50667 Cologne
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 221 120 370
+49 (0) 221 120 417
www.dcw-ev.de
[email protected]
French Chamber of Commerce and
Industry in Germany
German-Czech and German-Slovakian
Economic Association (DTSW)
Germany’s economic ties to France
are especially close. Around 10% of all
German exports are destined for the
country on the other side of the river
Rhine. That figure alone illustrates the
importance of the work being done by
the French chamber of commerce.
The takeover of Skoda by German auto
maker Volkswagen is perhaps the best
known success story in economic relations between Germany and its two
eastern neighbours. With the goal
of furthering those already close ties,
the DTSW fosters exchange between
German, Czech and Slovakian entrepreneurs.
German-Belgian-Luxembourg
Chamber of Commerce
German-Hellenic Economic Association (DHW)
Founded by German entrepreneurs in
1894, this chamber is the oldest international chamber of commerce in Germany. Today, the annual volume of trade
between Germany and its two western
neighbors amounts to 73bn Eur, making
them Germany’s sixth most-important
overseas market.
Greek entrepreneurs and managers meet
their German counterparts at the Colognebased DHW – the only organization
representing the estimated 27,000 based
Greek entrepreneurs in Germany.
German-Chinese Economic Association (DCW)
German-Israeli Economic Association (DIW)
The volume of trade between China and
Germany surged over 13% in 2005. The
DCW has set itself the task of further
improving the framework conditions
for economic exchange between the
two nations.
Germany is Israel’s largest European
trading partner, and the number of
Israeli firms interested in investing in
the Federal Republic is steadily growing.
Supporting their efforts since 1967 is the
German-Israeli Economic Association.
President
Press
Imrich Donath
Mária Weisslerová
Flinschstrasse 55
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 69 4769 70
+49 (0) 69 4761 54
www.dtsw.de (CZ, SL)
[email protected]
Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
Phedon Codjambopoulo
Gothaer Allee 2
D-50969 Cologne
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 221 9365 5742
+49 (0) 221 9365 5749
www.dhwv.de (EN, GR)
[email protected]
Prof. Dr. Horst Teltschik
Grisha Alroi-Arloser
Infanteriestrasse 19
D-80797 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 89 1211 0402
+49 (0) 89 1211 0405
www.d-i-w.de
[email protected]
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Chair
Dr. Ruprecht Vondran
Stockumer Kirchstrasse 61
D-40474 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
+49 (0) 211 4560 8385
+49 (0) 211 4560 8511
www.djw.de (JA)
[email protected]
Takayoshi Nakano
Immermannstrasse 45 C
D-40210 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Chair
+49 (0) 211 6307 60
+49 (0) 211 3601 82
www.jihk.de (JA)
[email protected]
Jürgen O. Wöhler
Am Hauptbahnhof 2
D-70173 Stuttgart
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 711 1277 4040
+49 (0) 711 1277 4777
www.korea-dkw.de
[email protected]
German-Japanese Economic Roundtable (DJW)
Indo-German Chamber of Commerce
Based in Düsseldorf, the DJW has set
itself the task of promoting Japan as a
partner to Germany’s small- and midsized businesses. Surprisingly, there is
much room for growth, with just 1.8%
of Germany’s exports and 3.6% of its
imports destined for the world’s secondlargest economy.
Who would have thought? With its
6,500-strong membership, this chamber is the largest single bilateral trade
association in Germany. All told, Germany counts among India’s five most
important trading partners worldwide.
Japanese Chamber of Commerce
and Industry in Düsseldorf
Italian Chamber of Commerce in Germany
Düsseldorf is the center of all things
Japanese in Germany. Of the 928 Japanese companies that have set up shop in
the Federal Republic, nearly one-third,
some 304, are based in the western
city. No wonder, then, that the Japanese
chamber of commerce is headquartered
there as well.
German-Korean Business Association (DKW)
Since its inception in 1980, the DKW
has fostered business ties between
two countries that long shared the
same fate. For South Korea, the united
Germany is by far the most important
trading partner in the European Union.
Since 1911, the chamber has tended to
German-Italian economic relations from
offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Freiburg,
Hamburg and Leipzig. Business ties
between the two nations are close: 13.6%
of Italy’s 2005 exports went to Germany,
while 18.1% of the country’s imports –
not to mention a large number of tourists – originated in the Federal Republic.
German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (TD-IHK)
Around 2.7 million Turks live in Germany,
together employing 350,000 people
in 60,000 Turkish-owned firms. The
Turkish-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry represents their
interests.
Managing director
Press
Bernhard Steinrücke
Dr. Albert Hieronimus
Citadellstrasse 12
D-40213 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 211 3605 97
+49 (0) 211 3502 87
www.indo-german.com (EN)
[email protected]
Giovanni de Zotti
Dr. Adriana Milani
Kettenhofweg 65
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 69 9714 5210
+49 (0) 69 9714 5299
www.itkam.de (IT)
[email protected]
Kemal Sahin
Dr. Suha Isic
Im Mediapark 2
D-50670 Cologne
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 221 54022 00
+49 (0) 221 54022 01
www.td-ihk.de (TR)
[email protected]
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Director
Dr. Mehpare Bozyigit
Märkisches Ufer 28
D-10179 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 288786 300
+49 (0) 30 288786 399
Iwww.tusiad-de.org (TR)
[email protected]
Gunnar Grosse
Göran Svensson
Berliner Allee 32
D-40212 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 211 8620 200
+49 (0) 211 3244 88
www.schwedenkammer.de (SW)
[email protected]
Association of Turkish Industrialists and
Businessmen/German Office (TUSIAD)
The association is the leading voice of
Turkey’s business community. From its
Berlin office, it tends to relations with
the country’s most important trading
partner worldwide. In fact, bilateral
trade volume between the two nations
reached a record 21bn Eur in 2005.
Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Germany
Swedish companies are surprisingly
ubiquitous in Germany – and not
just IKEA, the well-known furniture
retailer. Sweden exported goods and
services worth 11.3bn Eur to the Federal
Republic in 2005, more than any other
country except the United States.
Spanish Chamber of Commerce for Germany
Among Spain’s trading partners, Germany
is second only to France in importance,
with the volume of trade between the two
nations totaling 58bn Eur in 2005. The
chamber is an excellent port of call for
the latest facts and figures on GermanSpanish business ties.
President
Press
Juan José de Vicente Caballero
Vanessa Jung
Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 56
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 69 7434 810
+49 (0) 69 7434 8155
www.spanische-handelskammer.de (ES)
[email protected]
… Germany is the world’s second-largest hub for research investments by multinational
enterprises, with annual investments of 12.1bn Eur?
… half of all European nanotechnology firms are based in Germany?
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Bertram Schefold
Christel Göbbels
An den sieben Bäumen 28
D-65760 Eschborn
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 6173 966 555
+49 (0) 6173-966 556
www.sdwc-ffm.de
[email protected]
Swiss-German Business Club
Meeting in Berlin, Dresden, Düsseldorf,
Frankfurt, Hanover and Munich, the
club seeks to promote economic exchange
between Germany and its southern neighbor. The club need not fear a shortage
of potential members, either, with some
1,900 Swiss companies active in Germany.
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Center for European Economic Research (ZEW)
Few researchers can claim to know as
much about Germany’s role in the
European economy as those at the ZEW.
Known for its closely-watched index of
investor sentiment, the institute maintains databases that are used by researchers the world over.
German Business Institute (IW)
An influential voice in debates on economic reform, the IW is closely linked
to the private business sector in Germany.
Its research generally promotes private
initiative and market mechanisms as a
means to foster economic growth.
ThyssenKrupp Dortmund
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
Founded in 1925, the DIW is the largest
economic research institute in Germany.
Beyond macroeconomic analysis, the
Berlin-based institute investigates issues
involving the information society and
Germany’s capacity to innovate.
President
Press
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Franz
Gunter Grittmann
L 7,1
Post Box 103443
D-68034 Mannheim
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Direktor
Press
+49 (0) 621 1235 132
+49 (0) 621 1235 222
www.zew.de
[email protected] (EN)
Dr. Hans-Dietrich Winkhaus
Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther
Karl Schawinsky
Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer 84–88
D-50968 Cologne
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 221 4981 531
+49 (0) 221 4981 504
www.iwkoeln.de
[email protected]
Prof. Dr. Klaus Zimmermann
Renate Bogdanovic
Königin-Luise-Strasse 5
D-14195 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 8978 9249
+49 (0) 30 8978 9200
www.diw.de (EN)
[email protected]
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES IN GERMANY
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Blum
Dr. Manfred Packeiser
Kleine Märkerstrasse 8
Post Box 11 03 61
D-06017 Halle
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 345 77 53 720
+49 (0) 345 77 53 718
www.iwh-halle.de (EN)
[email protected]
Prof. Dr. Thomas Straubhaar
Elzbieta Linke
Neuer Jungfernstieg 21
D-20354 Hamburg
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 40 3405 7615
+49 (0) 40 3405 7676
www.hwwi.org (EN)
[email protected]
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn
Anette Marquardt
Poschingerstrasse 5
Post Box 86 04 60
D-81631 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 89 9224 1604
+49 (0) 89 9224 1267
www.ifo.de (EN)
[email protected]
Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Of the six main German economic research institutes, IWH is the only one
located in eastern Germany. Founded
in 1992, the institute initially focused
on the economic transformation of East
Germany and countries in Central and
Eastern Europe. Today, it has widened
its focus to include pan-European and
international issues.
Researchers at the IZA are chiefly concerned with economic analyses of national and international labor markets.
Hamburg Institute of International
Economics (HWWI)
Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW)
Where better to study the relationships
that intertwine to constitute today’s global
economy than in Hamburg, Germany’s
“gateway to the world”? The HHWI has
studied foreign trade and the international economy since its inception in
1908. A special highlight of the institute
is its press archive – the largest publicly
accessible such archive in Europe.
The IfW conducts empirical analyses
of current economic policy issues, with
particular emphasis on creating solutions for urgent problems in global
economic affairs. It also boasts the
world’s largest library for economics
and social science.
Ifo Institute for Economic Research at
the University of Munich
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for
Economic Research (RWI Essen)
No one knows the prevailing mood in
the German economy better than Ifo,
whose closely-watched business climate
index makes headlines around the world.
The institute sees itself as both a think
tank and an active participant in economic policy debates.
Founded in 1926 by the steel barons
of the Ruhr valley, the RWI’s plans for
the first decade 21st century include
conducting research focused on individual prosperity and economic policy
in times of demographic and social
change.
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann
Holger Hinte
Schaumburg-Lippe-Strasse 7/9
D-53113 Bonn
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 228 389 4222
+49 (0) 228 389 4510
www.iza.org (EN)
[email protected]
Prof. Dennis Snower Ph.D
Dr. Jürgen Stehn
Düsternbrooker Weg 120
D-24105 Kiel
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 431 8814 331
+49 (0) 431 8814 500
www.ifw-kiel.de (EN)
[email protected]
Prof. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt
Joachim Schmidt
Hohenzollernstrasse 1–3
D-45128 Essen
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 201 8149 292
+49 (0) 201 8149 438
www.rwi-essen.de (EN)
[email protected]
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RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY IN GERMANY
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Facts
Spending on research and development (2004)
Spending on research and development by universities (2004)
Public spending on research and development (2004)
Business spending on research and development (2004)
Total secondary schools (2005)
Universities (2005)
Universities of Applied Sciences (2005)
Art colleges (2005)
Educational colleges (2005)
Theological colleges (2005)
Administrative colleges (2005)
Students (2005)
International students (2005)
55.1bn Eur
9.0bn Eur
7.5bn Eur
38.6bn Eur
372
102
167
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15
30
1,963,108
246,334
… Germany has more universities than any other country in Europe?
… German companies and institutions register a new patent every 23 minutes at the
European Patent Office?
… German firms have registered more biotech patents at the European Patent Office
than companies in any other European nation?
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Key Research Institutions
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Bullinger
Franz Miller
Hansastrasse 27 c
D-80686 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 89 1205 1300
+49 (0) 89 1205 7513
www.fraunhofer.de (EN)
[email protected]
Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of
Applied Research
Max Planck Society for the
Advancement of Science
The 80 research units that comprise
the Fraunhofer Society undertake
applied research for the direct benefit of
businesses. The society is perhaps best
known for inventing the MP3 file format.
The scientists who work at Max Planck
are among the best in the world. Since
1911, the society and its predecessor
organization have produced 30 Nobel
laureates – more even than the 25 laureates boasted by California’s worldrenowned Stanford University.
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss
Dr. Bernd Wirsing
Hofgartenstrasse 8
D-80539 Munich
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 89 2108 0
+49 (0) 89 2108 1111
www.mpg.de (EN)
[email protected]
Research Funding
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek
Thomas Gazlig
Berlin Office
D-10178 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 30 2063 290
+49 (0) 30 2063 2959
www.helmholtz.de (EN, CN, RU)
[email protected]
Prof. Dr. Ernst Theodor Rietschel
Christoph Herbort-von Loeper
Berlin Office
Friedrichstrasse 81
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 2060 4948
+49 (0) 30 2060 4955
www.wgl.de (EN, FR)
[email protected]
Helmholtz Association
Fifteen times excellence and research
from A to Z. The 15 Helmholtz Association institutes conduct scientifictechnical and biological-medical research
in fields ranging from astrophysics to
cell biology. An association of superlatives, Helmholtz’s research center at
Jülich boasts the fastest computer in
the world, used exclusively for civilian
research.
Leibniz Association
The Leibniz Association has 84 associate
facilities researching everything from
the humanities and education to the
physical sciences and environmental
research. Part of the association has
its roots in the former East Germany’s
academy of science.
Donors’ Association for the Promotion of
Science and the Humanities in Germany
The association includes around 4,000
companies, industrial associations and
private individuals that have banded
together to promote science, technology
and teaching.
Federation of Industrial Cooperative
Research Organizations “Otto von Guericke”
The federation promotes applied research and development for the benefit
of small- and medium sized companies. With its help, Germany’s small
business community should remain
what it already is: A success story.
President
Press
Dr. Arend Oetker
Michael Sonnabend
Barkhovenallee 1
D-45239 Essen
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
President
Press
+49 (0) 201 840 1181
+49 (0) 201 840 1459
www.stifterverband.de
[email protected]
Johann Wilhelm Arntz
Silvia Behr
Bayenthalgürtel 23
D-50968 Cologne
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 221 376 8055
+49 (0) 221 376 8027
www.aif.de (EN)
[email protected]
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Research Funding
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker
Dr. Eva-Maria Streier
Kennedyallee 40
D-53175 Bonn
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 228 885 2250
+49 (0) 228 885 2777
www.dfg.de (EN)
[email protected]
Social Research
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Supporting Germany’s best and brightest,
the DFG is the central research funding
organization for cutting-edge research
at universities and other publicly financed
research institutions in Germany.
Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion
Research
Allensbach asks Germans about everything from federal elections and European
integration to New Year’s resolutions.
From its headquarters on the shores
of Lake Constance, the institute has
been taking the pulse of German public
opinion since 1947.
Directors
Press
Prof. Dr. Dr. Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
Prof. Dr. Renate Köcher
Dr. Edgar Piel
Radolfzeller Strasse 8
D-78472 Allensbach
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 7533 80 50
+49 (0) 7533 30 48
www.ifd-allensbach.de
[email protected]
Exchange Programs
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Theodor Berchem
Julia Kesselburg
Kennedyallee 50
D-53175 Bonn
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 228 882 0
+49 (0) 228 882 444
www.daad.de (EN, ES and
19 other languages)
[email protected]
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
For 75 years, DAAD has helped the
world’s best and brightest come to
Germany. Its alumni include Jeffrey
Eugenides, Imre Kertézs, Mario Vargas
Llosa, Kenzaburo Oe, Susan Sontag
and Wangari Maathai.
The largest social science research institution in Europe studies selected problem
areas of special concern to German
society in cross-border comparison. Its
core areas of interest include developmental trends, problems of adaptation
and possibilities for innovation in modern
democratic societies.
Scientific Information Service (IDW)
Rent a German
The leading information portal for Germany’s scientific community keeps
tabs on the latest research projects
being conducted in the “land of ideas.”
If you are looking to acquire special insights into the German soul, there is only
one option: Rent yourself a German. “Rent
a German” offers you your own personal
specimen to guide you through the
intricacies of the Teutonic mind.
President
Press
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kocka
Dr. Paul Stoop
Reichpietschufer 50
D-10785 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 25 49 15 09
+49 (0) 30 25 49 15 43
www.wz-berlin.de (EN)
[email protected]
Research Information
Director
Jürgen Abel
Universität Bayreuth
Pressestelle
D-95440 Bayreuth
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 921 55 5323
+49 (0) 921 55 5325
www.idw-online.de
[email protected]
I-Net
www.rentagerman.de (EN)
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BUSINESS PRESS IN GERMANY
Coverage focuses strongly on financial
markets.
Circulation
Editor-in-chief
Current business-related topics, background reports and features.
Circulation
Editor-in-chief
Focuses include finance as well as
business-relevant topics and reports.
+49 (0) 69 2732 0
+49 (0) 69 2322 64
www.boersenzeitung.de
[email protected]
85,063 copies sold (fourth quarter 2005)
Gabriele Fischer
Schauenburgerstrasse 21
D-20095 Hamburg
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Capital
Claus Döring
Düsseldorfer Strasse 16
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Brand Eins
undisclosed
Circulation
Editor-in-chief
+49 (0) 40 323 316 0
+49 (0) 40 323 316 20
www.brandeins.de
[email protected]
Dr. Klaus Schweinsberg
Eupenerstrasse 70
D-50933 Cologne
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 221 4908 00
+49 (0) 221 4908 555
www.capital.de
[email protected]
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Deutsche Welle Berlin
Börsen-Zeitung
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08
BUSINESS PRESS IN GERMANY
Circulation
Editor-in-chief
Steffen Klusmann
Stubbenhuk 3
D-20459 Hamburg
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Circulation
Business publisher
Business editor
Circulation
Editor-in-chief
Holger Steltzner
Heike Göbel
The German sister paper of the eponymous London-based business daily.
Coverage focuses on companies and
the people who run them.
Bernd Ziesemer
+49 (0) 211 887 0
+49 (0) 211 887 2989
www.handelsblatt.de
[email protected]
Circulation
Editor-in-chief
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Wirtschaftswoche
The prestigious Frankfurt daily’s business pages are considered some of the
best in Germany.
Presents weekly analyses of the German
economy.
Circulation
Editor-in-chief
In-depth coverage of the German economy – every day.
Die Zeit
The voice of intellectual Germany – including extensive culture and business
sections.
Dr. Arno Balzer
+49 (0) 40 308005 0
+49 (0) 40 308005 49
www.manager-magazin.de
Stefan Baron
Kasernenstrasse 67
D-40213 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Handelsblatt
Dovenfleet 5
D-20457 Hamburg
Phone
Fax
I-Net
+49 (0) 69 7591 0
+49 (0) 69 7591 2333
www.faz.net
Kasernenstrasse 67
D-40213 Düsseldorf
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Manager-Magazin
+49 (0) 40 31990 0
+49 (0) 40 31990 310
www.ftd.de
[email protected]
Hellerhofstrasse 2–4
Phone
Fax
I-Net
Financial Times Deutschland
Circulation
Editor-in-chief
Business editor
+49 (0) 221 887 2122
+49 (0) 221 887 97 2122
www.wiwo.de
[email protected]
Giovanni di Lorenzo
Dr. Uwe Jean Heuser
Pressehaus
Speersort 1
D-20095 Hamburg
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 40 3280 0
+49 (0) 40 3271 11
www.zeit.de
[email protected]
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BUSINESS JOURNALISM IN GERMANY
Associations and Clubs
The Bundespressekonferenz, or federal
press conference, is made up of accredited journalists working in the German capital. The independent group
invites leading public figures from
politics, business and society to field
questions from it members.
German Journalists’ Association (DJV)
Counting over 40,000 members, the
DJV is the leading profession organization for journalists in Germany. It
represents the political and economic
interests of the profession and its practitioners in all media.
Berlin Business Journalists’ Club (CBWJ)
German and international journalists
reporting on business in the German
capital and its surrounding state of
Brandenburg meet at the CBWJ.
Founded in 1968, the club traces its
roots back to the legendary luncheons
held by Berlin’s business press during
the 1920’s and ’30s.
Chair
Press
Werner Gössling
Roswitha Kreutzmann
Pressehaus/0103
Schiffbauerdamm 40
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Managing director
Press
+49 (0) 30 2207 9919
+49 (0) 30 2207 9922
www.bundespressekonferenz.de
[email protected]
Hubert Engeroff
Hendrik Zörner
Pressehaus 2107
Schiffbauerdamm 40
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
Chair
+49 (0) 30 7262 7920
+49 (0) 30 7262 79213
www.djv.de (EN)
[email protected]
Dieter Grahammer
Rüdesheimer Platz 11
D-14197 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 822 1555
+49 (0) 30 821 9725
www.cbwj.de
[email protected]
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BUSINESS JOURNALISM IN GERMANY
Chair
Hans Verbeek
Pressehaus/1306
Schiffbauerdamm 40
D-10117 Berlin
Phone
Fax
I-Net
E-Mail
+49 (0) 30 2248 9547
+49 (0) 30 2248 9548
www.vap-berlin.de
[email protected]
Chair
Press
Hans-Jörg Wiedenhaus
Hartmut Heinicke
Alter Wall 22
D-20457 Hamburg
Phone
Fax
E-Mail
Managing director
+49 (0) 40 3692 3375
+49 (0) 40 3692 1737
[email protected]
Bernd Wittkowski
Pfingstbornstrasse 20 B
D-61273 Wehrheim
Phone
Fax
E-Mail
+49 (0) 6081 585 433
+49 (0) 6081 585 436
[email protected]
German Foreign Press Association (VAP)
Munich Business Press Club
Founded in 1906, the VAP is Germany’s
oldest journalism organization. Today,
it counts 425 accredited journalists from
61 countries among its members.
The club is the leading forum for business journalists working in the Bavarian
metropolis, sponsoring a variety of
events that often receive widespread
coverage in the city’s press.
Hamburg Business Journalists’ Club
Stuttgart Business Press Club
With its 200-strong membership, the
Hamburg-based club bills itself as the
largest single entity of its kind in Germany.
The club brings together journalists
reporting from Stuttgart, the center
of Germany’s automotive industry,
for meetings with entrepreneurs and
managers in the Baden-Wuerttemberg
region.
Frankfurt International Business
Journalists’ Club
The club is a meeting place for business
journalists reporting from Europe’s
leading finance center.
Chair
Christoph Hardt
c/o Handelsblatt
Josephspitalstrasse 15
D-80331 Munich
Phone
I-Net
Chair
+49 (0) 89 5459 0720
www.wirtschaftspresse-muenchen.de
Dietmar Krepper
c/o SWR
D-70150 Stuttgart
Phone
Fax
E-Mail
+49 (0) 711 929 3544
+49 (0) 711 929 3724
[email protected]
… Germany’s media scene is among the most vibrant in the world, with several hundred
newspapers published daily. Specialist magazines and international publications are
available everywhere.
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